Lamp-socket for ceilings.



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LAMP SOCKET FOR OEILINGS.

url-.1011x011 FILED snrT. so. 1905.

will be WILLIAMv H. RATTENBURY, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAMP-SOCKET Fon CElLlNGs. Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1905. Serial No. 280,765.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

T a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. RATTEN- BURY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Lamp-Socket for Ceilings, of which the followingis a speciiication.

My invention-relates to means for supporting electric lights, especiallyin such positions as in the high ceilings of buildings or where theymust be inserted and removed from behind the surface exposed in theroom. The objects of vthe invention are, to provide a socket in such aposition with means for safely and securely holding the lamp andallowing of its insertion and removal from behind the partition orceiling. The structure is shown in a preferred form in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of myimproved form of lamp socket, with a lamp in position, and illustratingthe method of its application to a partition or ceiling, and

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

In such positions as the roofs orceilings of theaters and other largebuildings, it is impracticable to attach the electric lamps used forlighting the room to the ceiling or to the walls at considerable hei htsabove the floor from inside or to handle t em from inside the building,and my .device is mainly designed to allow of iixing the lamps in placeand entirely operating them from behind the ceiling or wall. From theaccompanying drawings it seen that I have provided in the ceiling 4 aclear opening in which is fixed-a cylindrical lining or casing 5 ofproper size, which may be attached to the ceiling by means of screws inthe flange 6. The lamp 7 is pro-- vided with the usual head 8 and withan extension 9 thereon for protecting the wires leading to the lamp, andthese parts are attached firmly to a cup shaped holder 10 which is madeof proper size to fit inside the tubular casing 5 as shown in Figure 1.The holder 10 may be prevented from passing entirely through the casing5 by means of an annular indented rib 11 formed therein. The lamptherefore can be inserted from above and hung down secure in position,and can be removed at pleasure without entering the room in which thelight is used. l

In this device the socket being built into place in the ceiling, anordinary lamp may be used by simply attaching to it the supporting cup10 as shown in Vthe drawing, and then inserting it into place byengaging the lining of the socket through the partition or ceiling,which makes it easy to place the lamps rmly into position and removethem at pleasure. Other advantages of the devicewill readily occur tothose familiar with the art.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. The combination with 4a partition or ceiling having an openingtherethrough of a lining tube fixed in said opening a lamp projectingthroughand provided upon itsI base with a cup shaped holder adapted toiit into said tube and means in the tube to prevent y adapted to fit insaid tubular lining, and a rib in the tube engaging with the holder tohold the lamp in place therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence ofthe two subscribed witnesses. l

WILLIAM i I-I. RATTENBURY.

Witnesses:

PAUL CARPENTER, ALBERT GRANT MILLER.

